Objective: Women are under-represented in academia. Causative factors include
challenges of career–family integration. We evaluated factors reflecting institutional culture …

Background: Within free-standing academic medical centers, women continue to be
underrepresented at upper faculty ranks and in leadership positions. A career development …

Importance Gender disparities in career advancement in academic medicine have persisted
despite gender parity in medical school matriculation. Although numerous explanations for …

Purpose. The percentage of women faculty at the professor level has remained at
approximately 11%. The medical community could benefit from knowing what is required to …

Background: For more than two decades, national career development programs (CDPs)
have addressed underrepresentation of women faculty in academic medicine through …

Background: Women have entered academic medicine in significant numbers for 4 decades
and now comprise 20% of full-time faculty. Despite this, women have not reached senior …

Background: Although women receive nearly half of all doctoral degrees and show a high
interest in academic careers, the pipeline is leaky. The challenge of balancing life course …

Purpose To assess attitudes of female faculty about career progress, resources for career
development, and values related to academic success and recognition. Method In 1997, the …

Method In 2005, the authors sent an electronic survey to full-time faculty at the University of
Minnesota Medical School to assess their perceptions of professional relationships …

Background Women are still under-represented in the senior ranks of academic medicine.
As local surveys represent a critical initial step in addressing the challenges of gender …